My 10 Year Bitcointalk Anniversary

[OgNasty]

I made it!  Ten years since I stumbled onto this site a curious newbie.  The price of Bitcoin went from $6 to $30 in the first week and back to $15 the second.  My first introduction to Bitcoin.  This would set the stage for a tumultuous decade of rapid adoption that would lead to unmatched volatility on the road to becoming one of the greatest value growth stories in the history of mankind.  The promises of freedom and changing the world alongside the invention of the blockchain were too enticing to resist wanting to be a part of and help out however possible.  Bitcointalk.org was the obvious first step to take on my Bitcoin journey and to this day I would still recommend this site as one of the best resources to learn about Bitcoin.  There are so many users here so passionate about this place, and while we don't always see eye to eye, I think it is important to remember that we share an amazing interest in something really special together.

So what does a guy do on his 10 year bitcointalk.org anniversary you ask?  Well, I spent a great deal of time this week engraving 100 silver coins for a giveaway (link) to members of a Bitcoin organization I am a part of.  These coins totaled over $14K worth of inventory from our online shop (link).  It was an early dream of mine to mint my own silver coin.  Being able to now give away silver creations I am so proud of that utilize the blockchain in an innovative way is literally a dream come true.  Thank you to anyone who has ever supported the people and organizations dedicated to advancing Bitcoin adoption and use cases.  It is because of you that these last ten years have been so rewarding.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Congratulations mate. 10 years is really an amazing life here in forum. You are one of the backboned of this place and rest assured many believe so as well. Even during my low rank days, Ive already reading some of your post and surely learn a lot from you. Thanks for all your knowledge share here in the forum.

I really like those silver coins on your shop hope to order some other time.

[YOSHIE]

like a dream, Can't believe you've been on Bitcointalk for 10 years, that's a long time, you missed two presidential elections, you're a dream for all newbies, I wish you were here a little longer, because you have an educational nature, on the Bitcointalk forums.

I remember when I was a beginner, the first one who gave me 'Merit' was you, I remember that until now, very happy at that time, I forgot to say thank you, today I say that, thank you.

Regards
Yoshie.

[cygan]

congratulations OgNasty on your 10th anniversary here in this great forum.
it's really amazing how fast time flies ... actually you can only see it in your own children when they grow up - but with our other dearest child (the BTC) you can see it too of course
a nice action you have thought up for your anniversary.
i have this month also already thought about what, because my 10 year anniversary will also take place this month✌🍻

[RickDeckard]

Congratulations on such an achievement OG. It's good to know that despise everything that Life may throw at us, we are always able to come back to places such as these and keep interacting with users throughout these 10 years.

I do hope all the people that will greet you here will still be as active as they are now in another 10 years time.

Cheers mate!

[lovesmayfamilis]

For 10 years of your presence at the forum, you have a rather interesting story. Some so many people trust you. And also, in contrast, there are quite famous people with whom, as we see, you have misunderstandings. What is the reason?
We can't always be good to everyone. We create our own opinion and reputation for all people. I respect you for always staying in the ranks. 10 years is a very long time. And it would be fair to call such people a truly "big legend" since many of the stories of this forum are behind you.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Thought I would be able to join the giveaway because that's a pretty awesome silver coin and I find that there was a lot of effort put into the engraving. Hey, congratulations on your celebration for a decade in this forum, more years or decades for you to come and hopefully, the next giveaway, I will be able to participate and hopefully win.

[$crypto$]

10 years is not an easy thing to go through but you are so impressed because you have reached 10 years of being active in the forum, I want to congratulate you because you are so maintaining this forum as the greatest education and lesson about bitcoin knowledge.

I have been on this forum for almost 6 years and have been inactive for more than a year because there are more important matters that concern others, but this time I have really fallen in love with the bitcoin education forum that I learned from seniors, so now I have I can be more active and active for a long time until my death arrives.

I have found a decent life after knowing this forum in terms of trading insight, investment etc., so the info from this forum is very important for me.

[ScamViruS]

10 years is a long way. You have shared a lot of informative things in this forum from which there are many like me who have learned a lot. Even after 10 years you are still active and sharing informative things will really make a positive impact among the new members. I remember at the beginning of my Bitcointalk journey I used to follow some members to learn something good and you were one of them. New members have a lot to learn from you, so I hope you will be as active in the future as you are now.

Congratulations OgNasty on your 10th anniversary.

[suchmoon]

Happy anniversary!

To put this into perspective: ~18k users registered 10+ years ago, of those only 44 posted within the last 30 days (about 1 out of 400).

[The Sceptical Chymist]

To put this into perspective: ~18k users registered 10+ years ago, of those only 44 posted within the last 30 days (about 1 out of 400).

That's an interesting statistic, and I won't even ask where you got it from.  It's proof that most of the early adopters of bitcoin outgrew this forum--I just wonder how long it took on average for them to do so.  Betcha it was right around the time that signature campaigns started to wreak havoc on bitcointalk in the form of shitposting, when the signal/noise became so low that it became obvious that no one was reading anything.

I wonder how many members registered in late 2017 are still active today, because that time period saw tons of accounts being created and I think a lot of them went inactive after the ICO boom went bust. 

Surprised you're congratulating OgNasty, suchmoon.

[suchmoon]

I wonder how many members registered in late 2017 are still active today, because that time period saw tons of accounts being created and I think a lot of them went inactive after the ICO boom went bust. 

Accounts registered in the last 3 months of 2017 and first 3 months of 2018: still active 1755 out of 812k, so about 1 in 460. To be fair, many of them were utter throwaways. If we exclude ~600k users of that period who don't have any posts at all (e.g. nuked or proxy-banned), it becomes 1755 out of 203k, or about 1 in 116, which I think is not too bad considering that it's been nearly 4 years.

Surprised you're congratulating OgNasty, suchmoon.

My opinion about OgNasty is not based on his registration date so why not.

[Quickseller]

My 7 year anniversary is coming up next month. It is hard to believe it has been so long. I guess time flies when there is so much drama going on. (hopefully the drama will slow down moving forward, as it seems to have in the past few months).

Congrats on 10 years!

It seems that your 10 years on bitcointalk has coincided with you having exactly 11000 posts.

[DireWolfM14]

Happy anniversary, that's a good run.  Here's the next ten.

[Peanutswar]

Imagine how many events you already saw and even on our forum. You are really one of the OG cants imagine how many more years you will stay here. I look forward to my self to get this stay too. Congratulations OG more power

These coins are so lit imagine having one of these coins.

[Rikafip]

Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary of being active on bitcointalk, as not many can say that (as a matter of fact, just looking at bpip and it turns out that you are member with 2nd highest activity). Hopefully see you around in 10 years as well!

Cheers!

[yahoo62278]

Congrats on hitting 10 years. Not many will stick around and be active to see their 10 year anniversary here. I am only a few years away myself and see no issue with me hitting the 10 year mark.

[hacker1001101001]

Congratulations OG.

[Raflesia]

Congratulations on achieving a long journey of 10 years, now there have been many events in this forum and perhaps many unforgettable ones from 10 years ago.

It's not easy in this forum activity, during this long time but I will continue to try to be part of the whole forum.

Maybe in a few years, there will be 10 years like OG today.

Great power OG.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Happy 10th Bitcointalk Anniversary @Nasty 

Spending a decade around the forum is no joke especially right from the early days and despite all the hardships, you are still one of the few old members who are still active here. Your journey most definitely inspires some of us.

I do wish you more health and many more good years in this community.